Most annoying mispronunciation

CaraMay

Just heard a woman say fabolous aghhhh it's not 'fabolous' it's fabulous!! People who say disSipline instead of discipline are very annoying.

H2UMrsRobinson

Column. People who say Colyoom, when its clearly pronounced collum need a swift slap to the head.

fasttalkerchat

Heigth

The King of Moo

*BRIGHT FLASHING LIGHT* SARCASM WARNING *BRIGHT FLASHING LIGHT*

I hate the way Irish people mispronounce "car," "bar," "star" etc. by using the short vowel sound and pronouncing the "r."

CaraMay wrote: »

Just heard a woman say fabolous aghhhh it's not 'fabolous' it's fabulous!! People who say disSipline instead of discipline are very annoying.

How are these supposed to be different?

Kidchameleon

Defin-night-ly

amacca

cousint

sangwich

coley (for collie - as in the breed of dog)

Vojera

Knew a woman who pronounced "hygienic" as "hygeeENNic". Ugh. But she pronounced "hygiene" properly.

admiralofthefleet

old people saying urdin instead of iron

Agricola

The King of Moo wrote: »

I hate the way Irish people mispronounce "car," "bar," "star" etc. by using the short vowel sound and pronouncing the "r."

So it should be like "I got out of my caaaw, went into the baaaw and danced like a staaaw, daawling!"

Go back ti'england with ye!

Brian_Zeluz

Pacific when the word is clearly specific.

Roger_007

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

Column. People who say Colyoom, when its clearly pronounced collum need a swift slap to the head.

That's a 'mute' point.

dlofnep

Vojera wrote: »

Knew a woman who pronounced "hygienic" as "hygeeENNic". Ugh. But she pronounced "hygiene" properly.

???

Banjo String

People who say disSipline instead of discipline are very annoying.

You do realise the c in discipline is silent right?

holystungun9

Ah here, leave it out.

CaraMay

SamHall wrote: »

You do realise the c in discipline is silent right?

Yeah but they say dis sipline

HalloweenJack

Urinal.

I say 'ur-ih-nal' but I find a lot of people from outside of Ireland say 'ur-eye-nal'. Wrecks my head.

problemchimp

Where is the letter "H" gone? Lately the h has become silent with "an" before it.
"An Horrible thing happened"

xLexie

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Defin-night-ly

This. This times 100. I'd spank it if there was a spank button.

Banjo String

CaraMay wrote: »

Yeah but they say dis sipline

Well, I'm lost.

Vojera

dlofnep wrote: »

???

'Hygienic', pronounced properly, has three syllables. She somehow managed to jam a fourth in there.

CaraMay

And idiots who say Iteli instead of Italy and Machu instead of Matthew.

whiskeyman

Fancy a coffee?
I'll have an expresso please...

Acciaccatura

When people, including my chemistry teacher the odd time, say "nu-kyi-lar" instead of "nu-clear". It irks me.

shar01

Cwips instead of crisps.

Seans_Username

Brian_Zeluz wrote: »

Pacific when the word is clearly specific.

We had a teacher in Transition year who constantly said 'pacific' instead of specific. The word specific came up so much in the class it got so annoying. Always reminds me of this

Worse still, the word 'specificity' came up a good bit too. His way of pronoucing it: 'pis-if-ity'

It wrecked my head

Roger_007

It always amuses me when athletes, (usually British), who say they have 'meddled' in the Olympic Games.

Raekwon

Everybody from outside the pale saying "Ye" instead of "You"

goose2005

pronOUNCEiation

CaraMay

SamHall wrote: »

Well, I'm lost.

They pronounce the silent c as an s

kwiva-g

I realise this is not technically a mispronounciation, but it annoys the hell outa me:

Sickth... As in November Sickth, Henry the Sickth etc

Really, what is so difficult about saying sixth with a proper "x" and "th" sound?

As far as I'm aware, journalists are taught to use the first to avoid any trouble, but it sounds so wrong to my ears!

Shenshen

Gen - you - aye - n.
The word is genuine. Gen - you - in. Not that difficult.

I also really, really REALLY hate the way some people insist on pronouncing non-English words half-original and half English.

Jalapeno, Peugeot, Ibiza... make up your blood mind!

If you want to pronounce it Spanish, the spicy green thing is called a Ha-la-pen-yo. If you want to pronounce it English, it's Ja-la-pee-no.
Where the bloody f*ck is Ha-la-pee-no even coming from?

The car is called Pur-shou. Not Pyew-shou. If you want to pronounce it English, call it a Pyew-jot.

And do I even need to explain that the island is either called Ee-bee-tha (Spanish) or Eye-bee-za (English)?

Seriously.

ruthloss

Swole??? instead of swollen., brang? instead of brought, I seen, instead of I saw.

there, instead of their.

hfallada

The guy that does the voice over for the dragons den ireland has the most ****ed up way of pronouncing entrepreneur. It's like in-trap-pan-nnnnnuuuure. Also people buuuuuk and not book

suicide_circus

When i was tree years old i climbed a tree.

Die.

The King of Moo

Agricola wrote: »

So it should be like "I got out of my caaaw, went into the baaaw and danced like a staaaw, daawling!"

Go back ti'england with ye!

If pronunciation pedants followed their own logic, they ought to insist that these pronunciations are correct, being "standard." But of course that would be silly, because part of the charm and power of the English language is its variation of pronunciations and vocabulary. When we get annoyed by a "mispronunciation," it's usually because it's different from what we're used to, and not because it's inherently wrong.
Personally, I don't care about someone's pronunciation if it's clear what they mean.

CaraMay wrote: »

Yeah but they say dis sipline

So they put a pause between the first and second syllable? That's quite different from "disSipline."

CaraMay wrote: »

And idiots who say Iteli instead of Italy.

Again, what's the difference?

Eugh, drives me MAD when people talk about the craic they had in Chic-CARGO.

Starscream25

i work with a girl who calls beds BEE-ADES, shes from kerry.

amdublin

hfallada wrote: »

The guy that does the voice over for the dragons den ireland has the most ****ed up way of pronouncing entrepreneur. It's like in-trap-pan-nnnnnuuuure. Also people buuuuuk and not book

On-trop-pen-nure

Only lasted first few episodes, doesn't say it anymore.

Stinicker

Most of these pronunciation "mistakes" are due to accents rather than deliberately saying the word wrong.

Steve O

People that say ekscape instead of escape.

krudler

Stinicker wrote: »

Most of these pronunciation "mistakes" are due to accents rather than deliberately saying the word wrong.

Its flied lice you plick!

Tin Foil Hat

CaraMay wrote: »

Just heard a woman say fabolous aghhhh it's not 'fabolous' it's fabulous!! People who say disSipline instead of discipline are very annoying.

To many to mention.
RTE seem to be in the process of inventing their own dialect.
Fin-ance.
Inn-iss-ee-ah-tiv
say-z

Roger_007

Stinicker wrote: »

Most of these pronunciation "mistakes" are due to accents rather than deliberately saying the word wrong.

People frm Limerick make millins of mistakes!

The King of Moo

CaraMay wrote: »

They pronounce the silent c as an s

That would sound the same.

Shenshen wrote: »

Gen - you - aye - n.
The word is genuine. Gen - you - in. Not that difficult.

Both pronunciations are common enough to be considered standard.

suicide_circus

Stinicker wrote: »

Most of these pronunciation "mistakes" are due to accents rather than deliberately saying the word wrong.

It's not deliberate but it is ignorance. Some can be explained by accent but some are just people saying the word completely incorrectly.

admiralofthefleet

bih-day-ids instead of potatoes

krudler

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

To many to mention.
RTE seem to be in the process of inventing their own dialect.
Fin-ance.
Inn-iss-ee-ah-tiv
say-z

According to RTE the gorda shee-oo-cawnah are on the case.

kingtiger

Vojera wrote: »

Knew a woman who pronounced "hygienic" as "hygeeENNic". Ugh. But she pronounced "hygiene" properly.

I presume the OP means hi-genie

The King of Moo

suicide_circus wrote: »

It's not deliberate but it is ignorance. Some can be explained by accent but some are just people saying the word completely incorrectly.

What do you use as your standard of correct pronunciation?

Roger_007

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

bih-day-ids instead of potatoes

Do you mean spuds?

Starscream25

DEY DUK ER JERBS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=768h3Tz4Qik